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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: hilltopper03 on February 19, 2012, 02:08:16 PM

Title: Novak is going off right now
Post by: hilltopper03 on February 19, 2012, 02:08:16 PM
Steve Novak is going off right now against the mavs. 14 Pts in fourth quarter.
Title: Novak!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Post by: PGsHeroes32 on February 19, 2012, 02:08:17 PM
Absolutly raining right now. Doin a little Aaron Rodgers in the process as well.
Title: Novak may play a few years with Jeremy Lin...
Post by: ecompt on February 19, 2012, 02:08:19 PM
14 points today against the defending champs on national TV.
Title: Novak...
Post by: LON on February 19, 2012, 02:08:26 PM
14 points in the 4th, drills yet another 3 then puts on the championship belt...Tirico loved it
Title: Novak is going off right now
Post by: GGGG on February 19, 2012, 02:08:51 PM
Has 14 points...all in the fourth quarter...and its only half over.  ABC v. Dallas.
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: ErickJD08 on February 19, 2012, 02:13:49 PM
Looks like Novak is trending on scoop. He did a discount double check too.
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: Markusquette on February 19, 2012, 02:14:03 PM
lol someone needs to clean these novak threads up
Title: Re: Novak may play a few years with Jeremy Lin...
Post by: kira67 on February 19, 2012, 02:15:48 PM
In a span of 6 minutes. Insan-ity.
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: bamamarquettefan on February 19, 2012, 02:18:48 PM
I heard he was inspired by winning the "greatest game since Wade" thread with 91% of the vote :-)
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: Marqevans on February 19, 2012, 02:25:57 PM
Now if only the ABC announcers will mention he went to Marquette!
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: tower912 on February 19, 2012, 02:27:09 PM
He wanted to remind us of why he got 91%.   Pure stroke, as fundamentally correct as any I have seen.   And somehow, he has learned to play adeqate defense and be a factor on the defensive boards. 
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: lurch91 on February 19, 2012, 02:28:49 PM
Still in with under 2 mins to go.  His D doesn't look terrible either.

Ref's missed a foul on Kidd, on a loose ball where he mugged Novak.
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: nyg on February 19, 2012, 02:31:37 PM
Lin is just an unreal story, you cannot make this up.  But, Novak won that game for the Knicks today. 
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: Mr. Nielsen on February 19, 2012, 02:48:22 PM
Quote from: MARQEVANS on February 19, 2012, 02:25:57 PM
Now if only the ABC announcers will mention he went to Marquette!
Mike Trico did early on.
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: avid1010 on February 19, 2012, 02:53:41 PM
i'll never forget the look of novak doing the discount double-check in the garden...classic.
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: jeffreyweee on February 19, 2012, 02:55:08 PM
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/959248/belt.gif


just do it.
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: Thomas' Danish Delight on February 19, 2012, 02:58:12 PM
Quote from: jeffreyweee on February 19, 2012, 02:55:08 PM
http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/959248/belt.gif


just do it.

here's another one

(http://gif.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/NOVAK-THE-BELT.gif)
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: National Champs on February 19, 2012, 03:56:24 PM
Quote from: LLRj Since 1986 on February 19, 2012, 02:58:12 PM
here's another one

(http://gif.mocksession.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/NOVAK-THE-BELT.gif)

I prefer the other one because it caught the score going from 84-87. It screams "Boom"
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: AZWarrior on February 19, 2012, 05:33:01 PM
Quote from: MARQEVANS on February 19, 2012, 02:25:57 PM
Now if only the ABC announcers will mention he went to Marquette!

"Where he played with Dwyane Wade!"   ;D
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: Jacks DC on February 19, 2012, 05:54:57 PM
Just watched the highlights on ESPN.com.  No mention of Novak.  Sigh.
Title: Novak WSJ Article
Post by: sailwi on February 19, 2012, 06:00:46 PM
Didn't see this posted earlier, good read about Steve and his current success.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204880404577229433641845836.html
Title: Novak pulls an A-Rodgers in the game
Post by: Mayor McCheese on February 19, 2012, 06:16:35 PM
http://twitpic.com/8m4bpl

Title: Re: Novak WSJ Article
Post by: MarquetteDano on February 19, 2012, 08:04:33 PM
Quote from: sailwi on February 19, 2012, 06:00:46 PM
Didn't see this posted earlier, good read about Steve and his current success.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204880404577229433641845836.html

A great read.  Thanks for that.
Title: Re: Novak WSJ Article
Post by: muwarrior97 on February 19, 2012, 08:32:35 PM
Quote from: sailwi on February 19, 2012, 06:00:46 PM
Didn't see this posted earlier, good read about Steve and his current success.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204880404577229433641845836.html

Awesome, cool to see Steve getting some love and burn
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: Spaniel with a Short Tail on February 19, 2012, 10:21:46 PM
From ESPN/New York

Novak-sanity? Forward catches fire in 4th
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By Christopher Hunt
NEW YORK – When J.R. Smith rose from the bench, the crowd at Madison Square Garden started to murmur. They erupted when he entered the game.

Smith is supposed to be next piece to the Knicks puzzle – another deadly long-range shooter at a time New York needed one. Smith lit up the Garden with three 3-pointers in the first quarter on his way to 15 points off the bench. But in the fourth, after the Knicks clawed out of a 10-point deficit, it wasn't the big name signee that took over. It was Steve Novak.

Novak, the guy who was buried on the bench when the season started, just like Jeremy Lin. In fact, it wasn't until Lin turned the Knicks into the biggest story in the league that Novak saw significant minutes. It was Lin again who helped Novak lead New York to a 102-97 win over the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks.

"The way we've been playing, guys haven't been forcing things and are playing at a healthy pace and in the fourth quarter things just really opened up for me," Novak said. "I think that's how we've been able to win games. Everyone's been playing their game and not forcing things."

He could have been talking specifically about Lin, who found Novak on four of his career-high 14 assists in the fourth quarter. Novak hit four 3-pointers and scored all of his 14 points in the final period. His 3-pointer at the start of the fourth tied the score at 75 and started a run where he ran off 14 of the Knicks first 15 points in the fourth quarter.

"Novak played his game," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. "He had open shots and scrambled around defensively. He's helped change the complexion of their team because he's such a threat from the three-point line. We know all too well what he's capable of, and he's a very good piece for what they're doing."

Novak's play has coincided directly with Lin's meteoric rise and the Knicks' run of 8 wins in 9 games. Lin's ability to penetrate and draw in defenses created the space that a shooter like Novak needs. To put things into perspective, Novak has 43 made-field goals this season, 24 of which have been assisted by Lin.

The Knicks will soon be at full strength with Carmelo Anthony is expected to return Monday against New Jersey. Smith arrived in New York Friday and already played nearly 30 minutes Sunday. Baron Davis appears ready to join the lineup possibly as soon as Monday as well and Josh Harrellson (fractured wrist) will start practicing with the team next week.

Lin, who also scored 28 points Sunday, may not have only gotten Novak some open shots. Even with players returning, Lin may have helped Novak earn a permanent spot in Mike D'Antoni's rotation as well.

"He's gotta play somewhere," the coach said. "We go to figure out some way. He'll play. Everyone will play some. So, he keeps getting hot like that, he'll play more."
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: AZWarrior on February 19, 2012, 10:34:47 PM
"Novak's play has coincided directly with Lin's meteoric rise and the Knicks' run of 8 wins in 9 games. Lin's ability to penetrate and draw in defenses created the space that a shooter like Novak needs"

Or - Novak's ability to spread the floor has allowed Lin's ability to penetrate to blossom.  In short,

Novak MADE Lin.   ;D
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: Abode4life on February 20, 2012, 10:17:49 AM
This is a great headline on ESPN:  "Knicks gets back on track as Jeremy Lin, Steve Novak light up Mavs in 4th"

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=320219018
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: AZWarrior on February 20, 2012, 11:07:46 AM
There was a fair amount of love for Novak by announcers during the Heat game when they showed highlights.
Title: Re: Novak is going off right now
Post by: w0bbie on February 22, 2012, 11:59:53 AM
Steve and his celebrations coming in at #4 on Grantland's weekly power rankings.

http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/17895/rankonia-the-triangle-power-rankings-15
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